Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-02-18

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10 we tIhhk' "neh walking III o II ueau
lIul gardens Oh uIe man! Ne" Eng i'nu
farms ana MONIES "luhVuV garuehs 10 We
thihk that lhere are uaushters 10 Hliiel"
these places VINO are NOT taught uS We ulS
every day 10y the beauties around us ana
VINO DO not learn TO Know ana love uhein
All over the lahd are mothers uollilis rom
cary morn 10 ueM! eve anu Ineh Ul'eh
making ana lheIuiig tli' IliuilishI' neI
are thelr many daughters search throusI
the lana ana we ma theill neeihg mere ana
there, seeking ne tolls ana pleasures
away from thelr MONIES WY 40 they nee
Rave they been rlghtly educated lor uheir
home ME II we may believe the stories
oil the oldeh tlihesIIhe uiihes OF Uhe SPIN
hlhg -wheel-the daughVers ulu MOI uheh
leave thelr MONIES as now OuT girlS III
their homes to-day can nave no can lor such
work as then ana what Is gwen 10 theil
instead Machinery mas takeh all thls
work from thelr MONIES; Is all peing uoile
Tor them that ought All that can oe zone
In all the culture OF soil ana trnlt ana
Hover ana mock, Is there no Pheasant pace,
no welcome duty lor these daughters hahus
Is there no way that they may he taughu
that they TOO nave u mission, d heaNeh- CIV
en- mission, on farm
II was settled some time ago that agrl-
cultural schools ana colleges are as essen
tai to tram boys Tor agricultural me as
schools and colleges To Tram boys Tor other
paths IN life. Is 1t not time 1t should be
settled that there must be SCHOOLS 10 Tram
girls Tor home me ana nome NE does
not mean to make them household drudges'
but girls with healthy MINDS ana ooules'
loving nature and humanity, and wlth
hearts and hands calmly strengthtuliy
sweetly, prayerfully hitting the dally burden
III way that makes 1t no burden, but a
God-glven duty, thoroughly understood
Such girls Will not be household drudges'
but be taught to be better providers Tor
comfort, better bread makers, better home
keepers, and as home Is not all within the
house, they can be taught to understand
the garden, both fruit and flowers, the
poultry yard, the aPary ana even th'
sheepfolds for that would be a kindly, WON
anly work for women, and all the duml
creatures of heaven should welcome he
steps
opening to women excepting that opening
to the cultivation OF the land. The womal
who owes farm and carries 1t on does
shyly, and as If she had no right to do 1t
and the girl who Is quite at home IN he
fathers greenhouses, understanding Tn
culture and knowing the botanical name
OF all the plants, is wonder u her con
panions, and seems not quite one of then
Yet how many weary, heart-sick CIR
whose whole life has been spent amid brio
walls, longs for work in the greens fields
How many woman who breathes the clos
air of the factory, until the hectic fus
tells of life almost spent, wishes that 81
could have been taught work that shoul
bring her daily nearer to nature, Il wor
she dare not, cannot learn by herself, IL
risks are 50 great. She can catch up IL
broken threads IN the loom and scarce glN
them thought tire great machine seen
TO her to work OF itself But the tend,
plants, the opening buds, the flowers, Il
bees, the soft little chickens, how dare sh
untaught, handle these things direct fro
heaven Might she not destroy life glv'
TO cheer and brighten the worldF And s.
looks with wonder, and feels shame f
girls who inherit the opportunity to kno
all this, yet flee from it in their ignora
contempt of IL.